Iseult of Ireland

Iseult of Ireland, wife of Mark of Cornwall and adulterous lover of Sir Tristan, the daughter of King Anguish of Ireland and Queen Iseult the Elder.

• Gender Female
• Race Human
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• Religion – Celtic Pantheon
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• Nationality – Irish
• Languages – Irish/English
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• Affiliation (s) – 
• Significant others – Tristan (Lover), King Mark of Cornwall (Husband), Sir Palamedes (Suitor)

The young princess healed Tristan from wounds he received fighting her uncle, Morholt. When his identity was revealed, he fleed back to his own land. Later, Tristan returns to Ireland to win Iseult’s hand in marriage for his uncle King Mark of Cornwall. She is supposed to marry an evil steward who claims that he has killed a dragon, but when Tristan proves that it was actually he who slew the beast, Iseult’s parents agree to marry her to Mark. On the journey back to Cornwall, Iseult and Tristan accidentally drank a love potion prepared for her and Mark by Iseult the elder and guarded by Brangaine, Iseult’s lady-in-waiting. The two fall hopelessly in love, and begin an affair.

After King Mark learns of the secret love affair between Tristan and Iseult, he banishes Tristan to Brittany, never to return to Cornwall. There, Tristan is placed in the care of Hoel of Brittany after receiving a wound. He meets and marries Hoel’s daughter, Iseult, because she shares the name of his former lover. They never consummate the marriage because of Tristan‘s love for Iseult of Ireland.

Later Tristan returned from Brittany and they resume their affair, and the adulterers eventually fleed from his wrath. Lancelot gave them refuge in his estate Joyous Garde, and they engaged in many further adventures. Including several involving the great Saracen knight Palamedes’ unrequited love for Iseult. The lovers’ end comes when Mark finds them as Tristan plays the harp for Iseult beneath a tree. The cruel king stabs his nephew in the back, and Tristan, at Iseult’s request, fatally crushes his beloved in a tight embrace as his final act.